Directed by Gary Sherman Written by Jeff Millar   Alex Stern   Ronald Shusett   Dan O'Bannon   Chelsea Quinn Yarbro   Cast James Farentino ... Sheriff Dan Gillis Melody Anderson ... Janet Gillis Jack Albertson ... William G. Dobbs Dennis Redfield ... Ron Nancy Locke ... Linda (as Nancy Locke Hauser) Lisa Blount ... Girl on the Beach / Nurse Lisa Robert Englund ... Harry Bill Quinn ... Ernie Michael Currie ... Herman Christopher Allport ... George Le Moyne / Freddie Joseph G. Medalis ... Doctor (as Joe Medalis) Macon McCalman ... Ben Lisa Marie ... Hitchhiker Estelle Omens ... Betty Barry Corbin ... Phil Linda Shusett ... Waitress (as Linda Turley) Ed Bakey ... Fisherman Glenn Morshower ... Jimmy Robert Boler ... Mr. Haskell Michael Pataki ... Sam Jill Fosse ... Nurse Mark Courtney ... Jamie Michael Courtney ... Jamie Renee McDonell ... Girl #1 Dottie Catching ... Lady Car Passenger Colby Smith ... Female Stranger Judy Ashton ... Joyce Uncredited Cast Anthony Cecere ... Townsperson Bill Couch Jr. ... Townsperson Bill Couch ... Townsperson Angelo De Meo ... Townsperson Produced by Robert Fentress   Michael Rachmil   Ronald Shusett   Richard R. St. Johns   Original Music by Joe Renzetti

Additional Info Premiere: May 29, 1981 Theatrical Release: October 09, 1981 DVD Release: July 29, 2003 Blu-ray Release: January 27, 2009 Country: Distributor: Blue Underground Websites: Alternate Titles Look Alive Production Companies Aspen Productions (I) Barclays Mercantile Industrial Finance Distributors AVCO Embassy Pictures   (1981) (USA) (theatrical) Producers Sales Organization (PSO)   (1981) (USA) (all media) (sales) Vestron Video   (1983) (USA) (VHS) Blue Underground   (2003) (USA) (DVD) (limited edition) Blue Underground   (2005) (USA) (DVD) Blue Underground   (2009) (USA) (Blu-ray) (video) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.5 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #4,030 / 20,906 Site Ranking #4,026 Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009) #4,027 The Crazies (1973) #4,028 Old Yeller (1957) #4,029 Cyrano (2021) #4,030 Dead & Buried (1981) #4,031 Stan Helsing (2009) #4,032 Undead (2003) #4,033 Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011) #4,034 Superman vs. The Elite (2012)